The first movie I ever remember crying while watching. It was one of my father's favorite movies and he introduced it to me when I was 7 or 8 years old. The scene involving Po-han being tortured and Jake Holman having to come to his friends aid really effected me the first time I watched the movie. To this day, it's hard for me to watch without getting a little teary eyed.
from the Wiki:
Mako Iwamatsu (}R ⏼) (born Makoto Iwamatsu (⏼ M Iwamatsu Makoto) on December 10, 1933-July 21, 2006), was a Japanese-American actor. He was born in Kobe, Japan, moved to the United States of America in the late 1940s and joined the military in the 1950s. He became a naturalised American citizen in 1956. His first cinema role was in the 1959 film Never So Few. Many of his acting roles to date credited him simply as "Mako", omitting his surname.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1966 film The Sand Pebbles, and for a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for the 1976 musical Pacific Overtures.
He was also known for his role as the Wizard opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in the two Conan movies Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer. In 2001 he appeared as Admiral Yamamoto in Pearl Harbor. In 2005, Mako had a cameo role in Memoirs of a Geisha.
He has a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7095 Hollywood Blvd.
Cartoon fans may know him as the voice actor of the evil demon Aku in the animated series Samurai Jack, and the parody of Aku, Achoo, in Duck Dodgers, as well as Uncle Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender. He guest-starred in the episode "A Good Day" of The West Wing as an economics professor and former rival of President Bartlet.
Mako died on July 21, 2006 after a long battle with cancer [1]. Prior to his death, Mako had been recently confirmed to star in the newest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, providing the voice of Splinter. [2]
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